Full Text of HB4903 96th General Assembly
HB4903 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4903
Introduced 1/15/2010, by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Prohibits a public service announcement on behalf of a State administered program that contains the proper name, image, or voice of a State executive branch constitutional officer or legislator from being displayed on a billboard or electronic message board. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB096 16473 JAM 31743 b |
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| AN ACT concerning government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act is | | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 5-20 as follows:
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| (5 ILCS 430/5-20)
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| Sec. 5-20. Public service announcements; other promotional | | 8 |
| material.
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| (a) Beginning January 1, 2004, no public service | | 10 |
| announcement or
advertisement that is on behalf of
any State | | 11 |
| administered program and contains the
proper name, image, or | | 12 |
| voice of any executive branch constitutional officer
or member | | 13 |
| of the General Assembly shall, at any time, be (i) broadcast or | | 14 |
| aired on radio or
television, (ii)
or printed in a commercial | | 15 |
| newspaper or a commercial magazine, or (iii) displayed on a | | 16 |
| billboard or electronic message board at any
time.
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| (b) The proper name or image of any executive branch | | 18 |
| constitutional officer
or member of the General Assembly may | | 19 |
| not appear on any (i)
bumper stickers,
(ii) commercial | | 20 |
| billboards, (iii) lapel pins or buttons, (iv) magnets, (v)
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| stickers, and
(vi) other similar promotional items, that are | | 22 |
| not in furtherance of the person's official State duties or | | 23 |
| governmental and public service functions, if
designed,
paid |
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| for, prepared, or distributed using public dollars. This | | 2 |
| subsection does
not apply to stocks of items existing on the | | 3 |
| effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 93rd General | | 4 |
| Assembly.
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| (c) This Section does not apply to
communications
funded | | 6 |
| through expenditures required to be reported under Article 9 of | | 7 |
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Election Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-615, eff. 11-19-03; 93-617, eff. 12-9-03; | | 9 |
| 93-685, eff. 7-8-04.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | | 11 |
| becoming law.
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